From:  Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk>
Date:  26 Oct 2024 04:41:27 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/uk.d-i-y
Subject:  

Re: Bother

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On 25 Oct 2024 at 21:36:50 BST, "Theo" 
wrote:

> Paul  wrote:
>> 
>> Don;t forget the 3.3V spin issue on the big drives.
>> 
>> If the SATA power cable has five wires, the 20TB drive won't spin.
>> 
>> If the SATA power cable has four wires, the 20TB drive will spin.
> 
> I thought that was only for drives sold in USB cases that have been removed
> from them (as USB is cheaper than bare SATA)?
> 
>> The difference is, the four wire cable has no 3.3V line on it.
>> The four wire cable is +5V GND GND +12V kind of thing. Finding
>> a short extension cable with four wires, can be enough to get it
>> working.
> 
> Or just cut the orange wire.

That's the anti-handling wire. Cut that and you'll be blown to kingdom come.

-- 
Tim